Bible Question:
I have a CD from the christian group Avalon They have a song entitled "Adonai" I would like to know the meaning of the name Adonai. Any information will be very helpful and appreciated. Thank you. Jessica |
Bible Answer: 'The resulting misguided pronunciation...[J]ehovah, continued in English Bible translations until early in the twentieth century. Evidence from Greek usage in the Christian era points to the two-syllable pronunciation, "Yahweh."' ____________________ 'Yahweh/Yah. yhwh, the tetragrammaton because of its four letters, is, strictly speaking, the only proper name for God. It is also the most frequent name, occurring in the Old Testament 6,828 times (almost 700 times in the Psalms alone)... 'English Bibles represent the name yhwh by the title "Lord" (written in capitals to distinguish it from "lord" [adonai]).' 'In the postexilic period the Jews, for reverence reasons, did not pronounce the name but substituted for it the word adonai (lord), and in written form attached these vowels to the tetragrammaton. The resulting misguided pronunciation of the name yhwh as a three-syllable word, Y [J]ehovah, continued in English Bible translations until early in the twentieth century. Evidence from Greek usage in the Christian era points to the two-syllable pronunciation, "Yahweh."' ____________________ (http://bible.crosswalk.com/Dictionaries/BakersEvangelicalDictionary/bed.cgi) |